Reach for Me [Blu-ray]

Love til the end!
Having run nursing homes for several years, I have seen love blossom under grace, with dignity, in the face of hostile families and terminal illnesses. This movie shows, with humor, grace and dignity, how love persists in spite of all adversity. The staff sneaking a smoke in the back, knowing how bad it is for them, the nurse who goes against the rules to push two beds together for the sake of love, and the flashbacks to the wife who comes back as a ghost, or voice, to inspire, help to make this a movie to remember. As the patient who has endured two mastectomies, Adrienne Barbeau's character stands proudly to show that, yes, she is altered, but no less a woman because of her scars. I have waited impatiently the last few years for this to get to dvd, and I will purchase it with joy. If I get a home to run again, this will be featured on movie night. Watch with an open heart, and enjoy!!

J. Thomas
"Reach For Me" is really what a movie should be ... it reminds us what is most precious ... our human nature ... our ability to live, to laugh and to love. What an extraordinary concept ... a grumpy, terminally ill old man falling in love and laughing in his final days. This is a feel good movie that really changes how we perceive our own life. We learn from people in their last days of what is most important ... the love and friendships of others and our human ability to express our emotions.

The writing is extraordinary ... one of the best written films of all time in my opinion with real life dialogue. The cast is superb and each character is believable and invoking. The production is first class and a film to be modeled.

Back to "what a movie should be" .... I feel that we have lost the romance of movies in the past couple decades. Now most films are high budget movies where the only thing interesting are the newest graphics and explosions. Today's...

LOVE!
I could do without the sex talk/visuals, but with that said...this movie was HONEST and beautiful! The only thing I'd change is that there was no chaplain in the film (as often seems to happen, both in movies and too often in real life)! Loved it!

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